GALLAGHERS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2025-06-12
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£243
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£465K
Equity attributable
Employees
21
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£919K
Period ending 2024-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2025-06-12.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
In light of this decision, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern and therefore assets have been written down to their net realisable value.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £11,737,663 | £10,631,253 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£197,163 | -£264,472 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,283 | -£919,354 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £6,533 | -£849,679 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,083,375 | £243 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £2,098,372 | £465,415 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £2,014,884 | £465,415 | |
| Equity | £1,361,043 | £1,452,483 | £1,688,175 | £1,821,222 | £2,008,351 | £2,014,884 | £465,415 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | 21 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £620,222 | £667,236 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £83,416 | £97,956 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-03-31 vs 2023-03-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.7% | -2.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1% | -8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -9.4% | -56.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.14x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -1.38x | -1.62x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Champion Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“In light of this decision, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern and therefore assets have been written down to their net realisable value.”
Significant events
- “the disposal of the Warrington site had simplified the business”
- “disposal of electric used vehicles and demonstrators at significant losses”
- “downturn in workshop turn-over”
- “New car sales profitability was also impacted by slowing sales performance in the smaller franchises”
- “increasing shift towards lower margin fleet and motability sales with the MG franchise”
- “leadership changes and long term illness at the leadership level which further eroded performance”
- “initiated a solvent wind-down of the business, starting in December 2024”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GALLAGHER, Edward Alfred | Director | 2017-05-30 | Aug 1949 | British |
| GALLAGHER, William Edmund | Director | 2017-05-30 | May 1946 | British |
| HODGE, Decima Alice | Director | 2017-05-30 | Feb 1939 | British |
| SMITH, Judith Patricia | Director | 2017-05-30 | May 1940 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBROSE, Matthew Andrew Francis | Director | 2017-05-30 | 2023-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Edmund Gallagher | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-08-19 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2025-08-19 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.